Configuration file 'C:\my\App.Config' is being used to configure all executables

Question

I have a Visual Studio setup project that installs an application into the task scheduler and also installs a GUI application to manage some configuration parameters in the registry. This being the case, the setup project installs two different primary outputs (.exe's) as part of the process.

I am getting the following warning when I rebuild the setup project:

Configuration file 'C:\my\App.Config' is being used to configure all executables

Is there any way to remove this warning? The suggested MSFT solution apears to be to use a different setup project for each .exe, but I only want the users to have to run one installer. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Maybe you could create an installer that launches all the other installers. This isn't a particularly helpful on microsofts part is it?

Another idea might be to take their advice and use either no config file or a custom file format so that you avoid this error.

Answer 2

There was a <runtime> section in my App.Config file and once I removed this portion of the config file the issue went away.